Editorial

Last year, the US forces have dropped the mother of all bombs on the Islamic State (IS), which is widely known as Daesh extremist group with sole aim of perishing the militants, but why so far the US did not drop bombs on the poppy fields to wipe out the …

AT-KABUL: Political pundits during periodical session last week of Rana Think Tank confided that Afghanistan needs an authoritative and powerful central government to subdue the current spasm of militancy and steer the country out of crisis and internal strife. “A paramount way out of armed conflict is the formation of …

What was the point behind the Taliban’s massively attack on Farah, the western province that has been pushed back by the brave Afghan security forces? Was it about to capture the district as usual they are attempting to, or other evil hands of some foreign countries were involved behind the …

With freezing most of its security aid to Pakistan, Washington still failed to nail Islamabad down to its knee for its highly supports to the different militant outfits with sole aim of undermining US-NATO mission in Afghanistan in the war on terror. The crackdown on Pakistan was meant to compel …

It is a fact that civilians in Afghanistan have been caught in crossfire of the ongoing counter-terrorism operations with taking high toll on them. The Afghan civilians, including the children and women are becoming casualties of war in alarming numbers. Even some airstrikes targeting fighters loyal to the different extremist …

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India aim to complete the 1,840-km pipeline and begin pumping natural gas from Turkmenistan’s Galkynysh gas fields by the beginning of 2020. Months ago, leaders from four countries broke ground on the Afghan section of an ambitious, multi-billion dollar gas pipeline with huge expectation to help …

We are at the advent of holy month of Ramadan. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam, and it holds immense importance. The holy month teaches us about patience, compassion, unity, peace and forgiveness. This is the core reason behind Ramadan and this should be followed in true …

Air pollution in Kabul, the capital city maybe hastening to death of hundreds of people each year that have been required an urgent step to get rid of. Walking on Kabul streets is deadly as thick columns of smoke emitting from brick kilns and factories, bumper-to-bumper vehicle producing harmful gases, …

We started several air corridors with different countries and have been very successful—this is what makes us more optimistic on the trend that could fulfill all the needs by air. Currently, flight under air freight corridor with some countries is operational that has been making trade easier between countries. With …

Security deterioration and the Afghan masses frustration over security brasses for their incompetence in maintaining rule of law to change the current fragile situation of the country have caused new appointment and replacement of police chiefs for 14 provinces with sending 10 officers to the waiting list. The Ministry of …